All Housing articles – Page 5
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Features‘We will deliver a generational shift’… Why the Grenfell Inquiry report means another building safety shake-up
Keir Starmer wants his government’s response to the tragedy to mark a defining moment in the safety and quality of housing in the UK. Is the industry prepared for it?
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NewsHouse of Lords committee launches inquiry into government’s ‘grey belt’ plans
Peers will examine Labour’s ‘golden rules’ for development on the green belt
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NewsGreen light for Hawkins Brown’s mixed-use Oxford masterplan
Scheme to expand science park with 1,800 homes, new office space and three schools
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OpinionGrenfell: a tale of systemic failures
A legal overview setting out the findings of the inquiry’s final report, its recommendations and the potential ramifications for the sector
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NewsGovernment promises to stop Grenfell firms from future public sector work
Prime minister to write to companies named and shamed and put them on notice they will be barred from taxpayer-funded contracts
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NewsProduct manufacturers come out fighting after Grenfell Inquiry’s damning verdict
Arconic, Celotex and Kingspan defend their involvement in 2017 disaster after final report brands them “dishonest”
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NewsDecades of central government failure led to Grenfell tragedy, says inquiry
Department was ‘well aware’ of cladding risks but failed to act
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry report: Studio E “bears a very significant degree of responsibility” for disaster
Inquiry’s final report reserves some of its strongest criticism for architect behind tower’s refurbishment
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NewsProduct manufacturers knowingly misled the market over combustible construction materials, Grenfell Inquiry concludes
Arconic, Celotex and Kingspan slammed for ‘systematic dishonesty’ by inquiry report
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NewsConstruction’s day of reckoning as Grenfell Inquiry finds severe failings across industry laid ground for deadly blaze
Final report sets out plan to consolidate responsibility for industry in one centralised regulator reporting to a single government minister
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NewsGovernment commits to ‘system wide’ construction products reform as CE marking deadline is extended again
Package of building safety measures include scrapping national fire testing standards and mandating sprinklers in care homes
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NewsBirmingham set to approve plans for 41-storey city centre tower
Three-block Trifecta Residences scheme designed by Manchester practice Stephenson Hamilton Risley Studio
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FeaturesThe Grenfell Inquiry’s final report: what to look out for
The Grenfell Inquiry will present its conclusions on Wednesday more than seven years after the fire. Here’s a summary of the evidence the inquiry chairman Sir Martin Moore-Bick has had to unpick
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NewsPLP’s Westferry Printworks scheme approved for the third time
Council gives backing to 1,300-home Isle of Dogs development four years after it was engulfed in a political scandal
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NewsJTP submits plans for Chelmsford town centre regeneration scheme
Proposals for Essex town include 762 riverside homes on the site of a shopping centre
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NewsGreen light for Maccreanor Lavington’s 30-storey student tower
West London scheme to contain nearly 900 studio units and 32 affordable homes
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NewsHost of architects appointed to £2bn housing framework
Mikhail Riches and Hawkins Brown among practices appointed to housing association Hyde’s four-year deal
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NewsBirmingham approves 37-storey tower next to row of ‘rare and significant’ grade II-listed villas
Councillors give 462-home scheme the nod despite Historic England objection
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NewsKarakusevic Carson gets approval for 247-home Brent estate regeneration
Scheme will replace 18-storey tower with five lower rise buildings
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NewsDeveloper cuts affordable housing on 19-tower Lewisham scheme after being hit by £25m railway station bill
Studio Egret West’s 3,500-home Surrey Canal Triangle masterplan includes station originally set to be funded by the government